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Climate action juggleCommentsPremiumCan ScoMo survive net-zero resistance within Coalition?

The problem the PM faces is being able to sell to the international community that Australia is doing enough while ensuring to those in his party that he’s not going too far.

Lanai Scarr

Lanai Scarr

Disciplinary actionCommentsPremium‘Clan’ critics quits over sanction threat

Two of the four WA Liberal Party members facing disciplinary action for publicly criticising a group of factional powerbrokers known as The Clan have quit the party.

Peter Law

No dealVideoCommentsPremiumDefiant Davies pours cold water on forming coalition

National Party leader Mia Davies has ruled out forming a coalition with the Liberal Party.

Joe Spagnolo

‘Standing on the hose’PremiumTwiggy vents fury at ‘laggard’ MPs for climate failures

Andrew Forrest has told the National Press Club that ‘mums and dads’ are not responsible for global warming, pointing the finger at oil and gas companies ‘and the politicians who followed them’.

Sarah Ison

Eyes on ScoMoPremiumAndrew Forrest slams MPs over net zero ‘fearmongering’

Mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest says emissions reduction targets of between 40 and 50 per cent are ‘absolutely necessary’ for Australia but MP ‘fearmongering’ is clouding the debate.

Kimberley Caines

Party politicsCommentsPremiumClan still controls Liberal Party, says Norman Moore

Despite a review accusing blaming factionalism for bringing the WA Liberal Party to ‘near extinction’, nominees backed by The Clan secured key internal positions at Sunday’s State conference.

Peter Law

High praiseCommentsPremiumDavid Honey: Clan powerbrokers are ‘good Liberals’

WA Liberals leader David Honey has claimed all WA Liberals are ‘good Liberals’ including The Clan members — while praising a blistering internal review into the influence of powerbrokers in the party.

Charlotte Elton

Day of reckoningCommentsPremiumLiberals’ bold new plan on how to elect leader

A bold new plan to give rank and file Liberals the power to choose the Party’s leader will be voted on at today’s state conference in Perth.

Joe Spagnolo

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Hurry upCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Scott Morrison’s COVID-19 warning to WA

The Prime Minister will use a pre-recorded speech to urge West Aussies to to ramp up its vaccination rate before it’s too late.

Lanai Scarr

opinion
opinion
New eraCommentsPremium
opinion
WA Liberals must embrace bold reform to start revival

have taken the first, but meaningful, actions in rebuilding their credibility.

Dean Smith

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
liberal reformPremium
The West Australian exclusive
The new Liberal push for electing leaders

WA Senator Dean Smith is leading the charge for rank-and-file Liberal members to directly choose their parliamentary leader.

Josh Zimmerman

opinion
opinion
Election countdownCommentsPremium
opinion
Liberals’ woes a boost for Anthony Albanese and Labor

Anthony Albanese will try and press all the right buttons in today’s address to the WA faithful at a WA Labor state conference in Perth.

Joe Spagnolo

And the winner is...CommentsPremiumBrockman wins West Aussie battle for Senate presidency

Slade Brockman has won the ballot for the Senate Presidency against his fellow West Australian colleague Dean Smith.

Lanai Scarr

Time to voteCommentsPremiumFinal two: West Aussies in race for Senate President

Liberal Senators are today voting for the next Senate President after the early retirement of Scott Ryan, with it now down to two West Australians to claim the position.

Lanai Scarr

New chargePremiumTroy Buswell arrested amid messy court battle

The former Liberal leader is in custody after being charged in relation to an ongoing domestic violence trial.

Shannon Hampton

2050 visionCommentsPremiumNet zero may spark Coalition split on climate change

Past and present members of the current government are placing pressure on Scott Morrison as a decision on carbon emissions reduction looms.

Lanai Scarr & Kimberley Caines

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘Competing demands’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
ScoMo doubtful he will attend COP26 this year

As an internal battle wages within the Coalition over if Australia will commit to net zero emissions by 2050, Scott Morrison has signalled he may not attend the COP26 summit in Glasgow this year.

Lanai Scarr

Political battlegroundCommentsPremiumPM plays down Premier’s popularity as election looms

Scott Morrison says he is not concerned about Mark McGowan’s stellar popularity in WA affecting his chances of securing the State during a Federal election, declaring: “I’m not running against Mark.”

Lanai Scarr

Race for MooreCommentsPremiumMP’s wife in Facebook rant over failed preselection bid

Liberal MP Vince Connelly’s wife has alleged a senior party member ‘bullied, manipulated and lied to voters in order to protect her friend’ after her husband’s failed attempt to oust Ian Goodenough.

Peter Law

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Fight for MooreCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
MP tipped to be Goodenough in preselection challenge

Under-threat Liberal MP Ian Goodenough is tipped to keep his job despite an onslaught from within his own party.

Joe Spagnolo, Peter Law & Josh Zimmerman

PlummetingCommentsPremiumAnthony Albanese’s popularity drops to record low

Satisfaction in Anthony Albanese has dropped to an all-time low while the Coalition has improved slightly — but Labor still boasts an election-winning lead, according to the latest Newspoll.

Sarah Ison

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
DesperateCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Push for Liberal and National alliance

There is a renewed push for a formal coalition between the National and Liberal parties in the wake of historic Upper House voting reforms that have turned WA’s political landscape on its head.

Josh Zimmerman

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The West Australian exclusive
Triple whammyPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Trio of Clan members not backing down from Lib roles

A scathing internal Liberal Party review blamed factionalism for bringing the party to ‘near extinction’ but nominations for senior roles to be decided next month reveal the Clan is not stepping away.

Josh Zimmerman

Pre-selection showdownCommentsPremiumSky News commentator challenges sitting WA Liberal MP

Sky News commentator Kristy McSweeney is challenging a veteran MP for pre-selection in a must-win seat ahead of the Federal election.

Peter Law